Chapter 499: Dragon Orb (Part 3)

My father said that Your Majesty is the most powerful person in the world today.

She is the first female emperor in history.

I said I want to be an empress too.

The Empress sounds much more powerful than the Queen.

My father was so scared that he told me not to talk nonsense. That was the Lu family's kingdom, and if I became an empress, it would be considered usurpation of the throne and my whole family would lose their heads.

But the empress had no children, so she chose Princess Chaoying, the daughter of the fifth princess, to be the crown princess. Princess Chaoying's surname was not Lu at first.

Why can she do it but I can't?

Seeing my father's reserved look, I didn't dare to ask any more questions.

It was not until the first day of the Lunar New Year that I followed my father and mother into the palace and met Her Majesty the Queen.

Her Majesty the Queen is very gentle, not at all as scary as my father said.

Perhaps it was because the moonlight that night was so beautiful, or perhaps it was because Her Majesty looked at me with such a kind look, but when Her Majesty allowed us to speak freely, I bravely asked the question that had been bothering me for a long time in front of everyone.

"Why can't I become the empress of Daxia like you?"

I felt the atmosphere in the venue calm down.

I turned my head and saw that my father and mother were terrified.

"Your Majesty, my daughter is still young and has no alcohol resistance. She drank some plum wine earlier and is now drunk and talking nonsense. I hope Your Majesty will be magnanimous and not bother with her." The mother stood up at the first moment.

"That's right, Your Majesty, please believe that the Long family is loyal to Daxia, and we have no intention of rebelling." My father followed closely behind. His voice was loud, but I could feel the tension in it.

I am a little confused. Your Majesty just said clearly that we can speak freely and say anything.

But seeing my father's look, I couldn't help but become nervous as well.

Oops, I think I'm really in big trouble.

This time, I guess even my nine brothers can’t save me.

Her Majesty smiled slightly, waved at me, and asked me to stand in front of her.

"Why do you want to become an empress?"

"Because my father said you are the most powerful person in the world, I also want to be as powerful as you." I spoke out my true thoughts.

The Queen smiled.

She smiled so beautifully that it made my heart flutter.

Oh, how come the Queen is more charming than my mother.

"You are the first girl in Daxia to inherit the throne as a woman, and you are also very powerful." The queen touched my head.

I couldn't help but look at my father and mother. Look, see, Her Majesty the Queen said I was amazing.

We in the Long family have successors, so please stop looking at me with those disappointed eyes.

I couldn't understand the meaningful looks in my father and mother's eyes, so I continued to stare at Her Majesty the Queen.

Her Majesty the Queen saw that I was eager to learn and asked me with a smile: "Do you know what you have to do as an emperor?"

I thought for a moment and answered, "Every day I have to listen to a lot of things the ministers say, pick out the useful things from them, and then criticize the ministers who don't do their job."

When Her Majesty heard this, she laughed until tears came out.

"You are right."

The emperor beside her considerately wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

The Queen stopped laughing and then looked at me intently.

"But you are only partially right. Being an emperor is not that simple."

Then Her Majesty the Queen began to talk about how she was trained to become the Crown Princess since she was a child.

She has read so many books, learned so much, and battled with so many adults.

I listened with great interest.

The Crown Princess Lu Chaoying standing by was also looking at the Queen with admiration.

"The throne of the emperor is not something that anyone can sit on. If you want to sit firmly on it, you have to put in a lot of energy, effort and time. It's very hard."

The Crown Princess at the side said, "I am not afraid of hard work. As long as the people of Daxia can live and work in peace and contentment, it is worth it no matter how hard I work."

Then she looked at me again.

"I won't give you the chance to replace me."

I couldn't help shaking my head, but actually I didn't want to replace her.

Ever since the Empress told me that being an Emperor would require doing so many things and reading so many books, I had already wanted to give up.

It's nice to be a queen.

The Queen followed her gaze and looked at me.

I quickly shook my head: "I'm afraid of hard work, I definitely won't be able to do it."

"Being a rich and idle person is also a kind of happiness. You don't know how much I envy you." The look the Queen gave me was one of genuine envy, not coaxing a child.

Hearing this, I felt very happy and planned to go home and show off to my brothers.

Her Majesty the Queen envies me.

I am so lucky.

In the end, I didn’t remember how I returned to my seat or how I was taken away by my father and mother.

I only remember that during the Chinese New Year that year, I was locked up in the palace and was not allowed to go anywhere.

Originally, my mother wanted to use the family rules to beat me.

Later, my nine brothers knelt down together and pleaded for me, and that’s how I escaped the beating.

That night, I overheard my father and my mother arguing.

"I told you, you can't spoil her too much. You spoiled her to the point of being lawless, and now she's in big trouble." The mother was very angry.

"Your Majesty didn't argue with the baby, so don't be so angry." The father's tone seemed a little guilty.

"Your Majesty doesn't care about it, that's because you are a good person. Can you guarantee that the next emperor will be so magnanimous?" The mother paced back and forth in the room angrily.

My father was scolded so much that he remained speechless.

"If she gets into trouble, our whole family will be implicated. We can't cover her for everything." The mother sat down on the chair angrily.

The father quickly poured her tea.

"I will definitely teach the baby well in the future, so don't get angry and make yourself sick." The father coaxed the mother in a gentle voice.

I felt a little guilty after realizing it.

My brothers were punished because of me, and my father and mother quarreled because of me.

I am so ignorant.

I thought about it and decided that from tomorrow on, I would behave myself and never go out and fool around again.

Inside the room, the father kept coaxing the mother, and the mother seemed to calm down.

Then there were sounds in the room that I couldn't understand.

I wanted to take a peek, but before I could do anything, my mother discovered me.

"Dragon Baby, if you sneak out of the yard again, I will punish you by not letting you go out for three months."

When I heard this, I ran away immediately.

Being grounded for half a month is painful enough, and three months would be the end of me.

From that day on, I became obedient.

I seemed like a different person, and everyone in the palace was surprised.

My father and mother were very pleased that I had finally grown up.

Only the mynah bird was the most outrageous. It thought I had encountered a ghost on New Year's Day and was possessed by a ghost, which was why I was so obedient.

"Come here." I waved to the starling.

The mynah bird shook its head wildly and looked at me as if it was a ghost.

"My sister won't take the initiative to study, you are definitely not my sister." As soon as the mynah bird finished speaking, he was hit hard on the head by my eldest brother who came to visit me.